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  2. Glossary of literary terms - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese poetry, a tanka where the upper part is composed by one poet and the lower part by another. [56] techne telestich A poem or other form of writing in which the last letter, syllable or word of each line, paragraph or other recurring feature in the text spells out a word or a message. [57] tenor tercet terza rima tetrameter tetrastich ...

  3. Essay - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the focus on journals, the term also acquired a meaning synonymous with "article", although the content may not the strict definition. On the other hand, Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is not an essay at all, or cluster of essays, in the technical sense, but still it refers to the experimental and tentative ...

  4. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    For other languages and symbol sets (especially in mathematics and science), see below This article contains special characters . Without proper rendering support , you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols .

  5. Exposition (narrative) - Wikipedia

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    The word incluing is attributed to fantasy and science fiction author Jo Walton. [6] She defined it as "the process of scattering information seamlessly through the text, as opposed to stopping the story to impart the information." [7] "Information dump" (or info-dump) is the term given for overt exposition, which writers want to avoid.

  6. Canon (fiction) - Wikipedia

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    After Disney's acquisition of the franchise, Lucasfilm designated all Expanded Universe material published before 25 April 2014 (other than the first six theatrical films and the 2008 The Clone Wars film and TV series) as the non-canonical "Legends" continuity. Material released since this announcement is a separate canonical timeline from the ...

  7. Grammatical particle - Wikipedia

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    In modern grammar, a particle is a function word that must be associated with another word or phrase to impart meaning, i.e., it does not have its own lexical definition. [citation needed] According to this definition, particles are a separate part of speech and are distinct from other classes of function words, such as articles, prepositions, conjunctions and adverbs.

  8. Trope (literature) - Wikipedia

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    Pun or paronomasia - A form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words. Antanaclasis – The stylistic trope of repeating a single word, but with a different meaning each time; antanaclasis is a common type of pun, and like other kinds of pun, it is often found in slogans.

  9. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    English adjectives, as with other word classes, cannot in general be identified as such by their form, [24] although many of them are formed from nouns or other words by the addition of a suffix, such as -al (habitual), -ful (blissful), -ic (atomic), -ish (impish, youngish), -ous (hazardous), etc.; or from other adjectives using a prefix ...